well hello from another rainy day here in Takayama no of the rain - all stop
not even for a minute but that is more keeping us indoors we are going in
search of food today and this video is going to be all about ramen
now you're probably rolling your eyes ramen again have we not seen enough of
that in Osaka and Tokyo and the answer is no because ramen seems to vary by
city and even by region so today we're going to be trying two different kinds
of ramen we're gonna be having Takayama ramen which was born in the city and
also Hida beef ramen which has beef from the regions so it should be two
very tasty bowls of ramen I'm excited for this let's do it
so we are nice and cozy settled into the restaurant we felt like our own little
priming we're just so cool um so I wanted to show you the menu basically
they've got six different types of ramen noodle
this one's rice no five five one is right we got the Takayama one and the
Hida beef noodle as well yeah they also have Hida beef premium noodles
so you pay a bit more for the beef right but I mean we're not really kind of
premium people we may not even be able to tell the difference between the two
but the classic Hida Beef me for this you can also get a Japanese leek noodle and
they have a more classic like a roast pork here I've had this quite a bit
quite a bit um so yeah this is the menu they also have a whole bunch of other
dishes with Hida beef like these little was it nigiri yep sushi type you
can have it on the grill you can have it I see he Hida beef in general as
expensive yeah so the regular one for for four little pieces or if you want marbled
Hida beef nigiri sushi Eighteen like just under eating a lot of dollars yeah we're
like four little pieces of rice yeah
okay so the food came out fairly quickly maybe like a 10-minute wait time which
isn't bad so we're gonna start off with Takayama noodles and as you can see it
looks like a fairly dark broth yes I'd say medium medium dark gets me the soy
sauce yes we've got some little chives here some green onions chopped up we've
got a slice of pork in the side poor little fatty looking good we have some
bamboo shoots yeah really
and look at these noodles comparing these to the other ramen that
we've been having in Japan you look a little thinner
it does look slightly thinner and also it's kind of like curlier noodle
so yeah let's see how it tastes okay look it uh-huh
noodles are very nice should try some of that broth yeah that's my next step next
step mmm yeah that's got a bit of a strong
flavor is it it's like quite salty okay yeah so would you say saltier than most
ramen soup right yes yes definitely like it has a pork base mmm that is quite
good I like that it's also tricycle to bamboo shoots here
nice addition on a day like today I don't think you can go wrong with the
whole of steaming ramen noodles you really can't it's been great raining
onslaught for three days in a row I'm going to continue raining yes for the
foreseeable future keep warming up going to restaurants it is no some turn so
excited for this guy this is the Hida Beef ramen so I'm gonna show you that Hida Beef
Look wow this is amazing looks like she's being let's hold its still
there for a second so we can zoom in on that it's got a bit of redness on the
outside and it's marbled like you can have that right I guess through it so
the thing about Hida beef is it comes from a local cow in this region it's a
black-haired cow in this particular Prefecture in Japan that is the one must
try thing in this region yeah all the restaurants in town circle different
ways we know that this comes with Hida beef course it comes with noodles as
well so let me show you the noodles look at that
like the Takayama noodles things I'll keep keep in mind guys this was the
medium bowl I can't imagine how big the largest like this is plenty big enough
and then we have our either chives over here and then we have bamboo so in many
ways very similar to yours yeah same ingredients really the only
difference I believe is is the Hida beef versus the fatty pork and I'm not sure if the
broth is gonna be the same we also have some seaweed as well so yeah it's time
to try that it's gonna be good I'm gonna save the best for last I'm gonna try the
Hida beef at the end okay let me first try the broth
that's the most unique ramen broth I've tried so far you think it's very salty
it sounds like it must be the same broth I think you might have the same I'm gonna
have a little bit more okay so moving on to the bamboo shoots here let's try that
was it pretty good I like them we've been having a lot of bamboos we have
arrived yes these ones are a little bit crunchy
er than some of the other ones I've had which is nice let's go up for the
noodles right in and you got a slurp slurp to pull them down well they're
such good noodles like mmm Wow I have to see it already so far this is
some of the best moment I've had in Japan
I'm loving this yes this is what we came for this is what we came for
all about taking a whole bite of it
is it as amazing as they say this is your first taste of Hida beef right
here like having a little piece of like premium steak in your opinion in your
element yeah so good so flavorful when I first bit into it I wasn't sure
if I was if it was gonna live up to my expectations but the more you kind of
chew on it let it roll around on your tongue oh my gosh that's so good
I mean I had four slices of it obviously just finished one but you have three
more to go so there's a lot more right there cause
it you're gonna be sharing a few with me I will you're doing it right
okay so I'm gonna be trying Sammy's next I'm just gonna dig into the Hida beef because
hey that is the start of the meal that is what we came for here
what do you think I'm starting to see why they make such a big fuss about you
got like a good isn't it accounting like a little mini steak in your ramen
it's not like perfectly being it's kind of like Marvel throughout so gives it a
very interesting texture yeah it's very tasty I wouldn't say it's chewy like
it's it's very tender meat and you know what while I'm here in your bowl I'm
just gonna try everything else I know the ingredients are exactly the same
because we've done a little tour of your plate and the onion it's the same thing
noodles but you know it's so good that's to share some food sure he's carrying
right do you have a preference between the two Romans I really like your beef
yeah like there's a reason it's more expensive increase the price but I don't
know that like I can see why we only get like four little pieces yes otherwise it
would drive the price through the roof but yeah
good to finally try it okay so I left Sam a little bit of pork because you can
compare I get to try yours fried a piece of this rare and one stray noodle mm-hmm
we write this super tender it's such a thin slice yeah yeah now if
you have to choose between Hida beef or pork come on I take one piece of b2b
first tenor really really yeah it's good I I have to Greenwich Ida was
outstanding so standing you've gotta try it if you come here yeah so yeah we're
just gonna enjoy the rest of our noodles I mean the ingredients are pretty much
the same except with the meat basically taking care of the meat so yeah yeah
let's get time to finish off the ramen let's do it do it alright guys so that
was an amazing meal family drank the last bit of broth out of both bowls
there was a good bit remember auth I've tried in Japan so far I mean you think
that's all good at well mine was a lot cheaper
mine was 690 yen I had the pork one where Sam was fourteen hundred yen for
the Hida beef and that wasn't even yes so over double the price to get he
to be that's how premium it is basically but why did Takayama you've got to try
it so that brought our total to 2009 yen which would be just under 20 us
young about nineteen youth walks for both of us no that's a good deal and
we've got to try eat it be for the first time indeed see you guys soon bye
you